Carl Sagan and other Interesting News

When I was little I desperately wanted to be an astronomer, well or a meteorologist but that dream was squashed when I realized you had to stay up late for the news. I realize that sentence may not make sense, but as a child I adhered to a rigid 8:30 bedtime. That didn't mean that I fell asleep at 8:30, but it definitely was the witching hour.

Back to my other dream, an astronomer. My parents were great in realizing that there were some things that  made me extremely happy and they did what they needed to help me along...one of those things was reading incessantly about the stars. Bam, what did they do? They got me a comprehensive (well elementary comprehensive) book on the stars and our solar system...by none other than Carl Sagan.



That book taught me all sorts of things, I knew exactly which direction that storm on Jupiter was rotating, (counter-clockwise thank you very much) that scientists had been able to land some equipment very shortly on Venus and prior to them being flattened by the atmospheric pressure they had taken pictures of the ground and the rocks were glowing!!!

Anyhoo, it has come to my attention that I missed Carl Sagan day on November 6th....I'm going to have to set my calendar next year so I can pay the appropriate homage.